More than 190 nations agreed to work toward a treaty that would require all countries to reduce emissions that contribute to global warming.
“The deal renews the Kyoto Protocol, the fraying 1997 emissions agreement that sets different terms for advanced and developing countries, for several more years. But it also begins a process for replacing it with something that treats all nations equally. The expiration date of the protocol — 2017 or 2020 — and the terms of any agreement that replaces it will be negotiated at future sessions of the governing body, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.”
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Posted in: Climate Change, Environment
Posted on December 11, 2011
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